Paid groomer will be gone for March 9-20 and will be working on filling in the gaps with the volunteers

Other grooming locations – Bruce

Inquiry from owner of Broadwater to groom area near the Broadwater Hot Springs

Inquiry from Prickly Pear Land Trust about grooming Tenmile trail system near Fort Harrison

At this point, won’t be taking any action but need to consider that other requests may come in

RTP Grant issues

Current (2017) RTP grant:

Cliff is working through process to get the new Bearcat and working through Buy-America issues

Trail design update:

Need further surveying and planning due to highway ROW and other issues

Therefore will put grant application on hold for this year

Bruce will continue to be the advocate for this project

Future (2018) RTP grant:

Since not doing the larger trail improvement grant – club should submit for grooming/maintenance costs grant

Bruce moves that the Board authorize Cliff to submit grant application to RTP on behalf of LCNSC for grooming and trail maintenance costs over a two-year period at MacDonald Pass and Bill Roberts golf course trails

Robert seconds

Motion passes unanimous

Cliff would like to supplement the grants with letters of support and has asked and received several and waiting for more

Equipment maintenance, etc.

New Skandic – working well at golf course, making a few improvements

Equipment at the Pass is doing well except for recent issue with the Polaris

Need to consider what we do with the Polaris by the end of this season

Still exploring options for grooming donations “tube” at golf course

Checking to see if the existing mail slot in the shed will work

Report on status of the trail counter – should be working, but had some technical difficulties. May need to consider purchasing new counter next year.

Other business:

Scott Gerken has been doing sessions at the golf course

Talking about intro to skating class

Stan would like to see if we can get a core group of volunteers to help teach people that have asked for lessons

Board vacancies:

2 vacancies currently

Need to begin looking for new members and what would complement the current board makeup – i.e. fundraising, etc.

Update on annual filings and reports:

Stan filed our various non-profit forms, etc.

Lewis and Clark Brewery night – Tuesday 1/23/18

Also need to explore other “Charity Night” opportunities – Gulch Distillery and Windbag apparently have them

Robert put in application for next November at Blackfoot

Bruce and Greg Wheeler have been busy getting various website issues sorted out